Owls #138

I found this tag amongst my background stash box.  It has been cut with a Sizzix scallop die and then spritzed with  mix of brown green and gold Cosmic Shimmer Ink Misters.

All I had to do was decorate it!  I've had this Magenta owl stamp for a while and been itching to use it - and this was the perfect project.  The background was just so pretty I didn't want to go too elaborate with the decoration.

He was stamped and embossed with detail black powder and then coloured using a Distress Marker with a few white highlights.

The dash border was added with a black pen and then the final detail was to tie some baker's twine around the top and tie on a little owl charm.

Did you know that we stock 100s of design of charms in our shop - they are perfect to accent your crafting projects!

Entering the following challenge: Crafts Galore Challenge: Anything Goes

happy crafting

Jane

www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk

Rainbow Poppies #137

Today's creation started with a bright background created with five colours of distress paint.  Drawn simply with lines of paint.  I then dotted over some white distress paint and took a dotty mask and added the green dotted border down one side. 

I next stamped using archival black and stamped my greeting (Indigoblu) and my poppies (also Indigoblu).

I used my clear stamp block to draw a border around the words and added black shading one side and white the other to make it look three dimensional (also to make it look like I stamped it on an angle on purpose!! - oops). 

I coloured my poppies with Distress Markers - I was really impressed how much colour showed up as the background was so bright (now I need more distress markers to add to my four colours!!).

I added a few highlights and lowlights using black and white pens on the poppies and decided to also outline the flowers in white gel pen to make them stand out of the background just that little bit more.

A final addition was to add the dash border and then stamp a few swirls in toffee Versafine at the bottom to give it a base border.

happy crafting

Jane

www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk

All Purple and Yellow #136

This project starts with cardstock painted in a random manner with Eco-green paints - periwinkle, white and butternut.  Once dry I've applied white paint through a couple of different stencils and the butternut through a text stencil. 

I painted some of the butternut paint onto separate card and once dry stamped the greeting using purple archival ink and the stamp is from Indigoblu.  I ripped the edge to give a wide border and then just caught the border with my purple ink.

I cut out my two dies - both from Crafty Individuals and tinted them using cut n dry foam with my purple archival.

Once the die cuts were stuck down I then added little # accents and a border with my black fineliner pen.

happy crafting

Jane

www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk

Think Happy Thoughts #135

Today's project features PaperArtsy stamps.  I started by creating using my Distress Stains.  I then added a scrap of dictionary page and tinted it with some of the same stains.  Next I stamped my dream lady in brown onto the dictionary page.  I then started to build up background layers by stamping different stamps in different shades of browns and yellow tones and eventually stamping in black. 

I drew a couple of borders with my fineliner and then as a final touch added Glossy Accents over the main image.

I've had a lovely crafting session this morning and you'll be seeing the projects created over the next few days - I've been busy playing with inks & paints again!

happy crafting

Jane

www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk

Everywhere Tranquil #134

Another one from the archives today - I found this lovely creation amongst my boxes of bits and bobs when I was clearing and sorting yesterday.  I'm loving the vibrancy of the contrast between the pink and black.

The background was created with cat's eye pigment inks direct to cardstock and then stamped using the crackle stamp from Crafty Individuals.  All the other stamps are also Crafty Individuals - the ladies, butterflies and the words are on different stamps.

My usual few white gel pen highlights add some extra detail.

short and sweet tonight! :-)

happy crafting

Jane

www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk

Scottish Wedding #133

It's one of those long put off tidy up and sort out days here today...  finally tackling reorganising all the spare beadstock as they get a little disheveled over time!  So I've rummage through my archive for today's card as I had no crafting time today.

I was asked to make a wedding card for a friend for a Scottish Wedding card.  I thought the thistle from the Chocolate Baroque Wild Meadow stamp set would be perfect.

I started by stamping the two thistles and coloured them with coloured pencils.  I then mounted onto a pretty lilac card and the black mount.

The paper and the greeting are both from Lily of the Valley and the final accent of the lilac gingham ribbon I think finishes the design nicely.

It's nice to look back over past creations, gives you some new ideas of old favourites you can revisit and revitalise with your new techniques

happy crafting

Jane

www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk

Baked Clay Pendant #132

A different project completely today.  I've worked with some Fimo to shape into a heart (I used one of my nestablities as a template to draw around.

I started with a flat base and cut out my heart - I've worked in a dark brown clay, but its only on the back that you can see the colour so you can use whatever colour you have to hand - either Fimo or Sculpey type clay.  I used a little metal flower to add some texture to the background, just by gentling pressing it into the clay.

I then rolled out the clay into long thin sausages and shaped it around the outside and then shaped for the flower stalk.

The flower is made of five little round balls of clay, flattened and shaped with my embossing tool and then another ball for the centre.

I then applied mica powders - gold, purple and pink to highlight the design.  I put in a hole at the top so I could attach my pendant.

then bake and all ready!

happy crafting

Jane

www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk